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repeatedly disclaimed leadership of every description. Now. what can be more apparent than the wilful perversion of truth, which repeatedly identifies Mr. Oastler in particular with our proceedings : he has often publicly avowed himself as an" ultra-Tory,"and to our knowledge has never attended one meeting in favour of our Charter. And Mr. Stephens i more known for his opposition to the New Poor-law than for his advocacy of Radicalism : he has ridiculed our principles, and publicly declared his want of confidence in us. But still, as far as either of these gentlemen has sympathized with the infant factory children, and for the poor and oppressed in their respective districts, they are entitled to our honest praise ; but as far as their violent language and mischievous advice to violence have been ex pressed, we deprecate their conduct; and as far as Mr. O'Connor and others have deviated from a just course and followed their example, we equally disapprove of theirs, because we think with that honest patriot Mr. Sharmar, Crawford, that " when the application of physical force is held forth as the moving power for attaining the reform of our institutions, the aggregation of the moral power, which can alone render physical force either justifiable or effec tive, is destroyed." But in thus disapproving of the lan guage Mr. Feargus O'Connor has frequently indulged in, we are no ways inclined to gratify the vindictive spirit of Daniel O'Connell, by injuring the usefulness of that gen tleman, still less to gratify the enemy by dividing the Ra dicals of north and south. We verily believe Mr. O'Con nor to be sincere in his desire to promote the cause of Re form, and it is because we think such language highly mis chievous to it, that we thus honestly express our opinions. We are told by the Precursors, " that no popular pare!, can possibly be without leaders, that those who do the busi ness are necessarily leaders." Now !et us not be misunder stood—we understand by leadership, the implicit reliance and obedience of any body of men to one man's will—the foolish belief that he of necessity knows more, and can do better, under ail circumstances, for the whole body, than could be done, if they deliberated and acted according to the knowledge and judgment of the whole. Now the refe rence of the past has taught us, that whenever a person is thus elevated as a leader, he becomes the principal, and generally the vulnerable object for attack. If he can be influenced through his vanity or his avarice, the blind re liance of his followers renders them the secure victims of the enemy. Do you for amoment suppose, that if the vast num ber of intelligent minds, which do honour to your country, had been free from the domination of leadership, and for the last four years were united to devise the best means of poli tically and socially benefiting your country, that you would have been led into the quagmire of Whiggery for fear of the bugaboo of Toryism ?—that you would be loyally shouting your gratitude, because Mr. O'Connell has sonic insecure portion of patronage, and is consequently enabled to drag along with him a train of expectants, who hail him as the idol of to-day, but would as readily bow before other idols to-morrow We are accused of " wanting candour" for condemning equally the two factions of Whig and Tory, and that " our injustice to the Whigs demonstrates our want of sympath:. to Ireland." We must, however, again confess that the long catalogue of Whig perfections which the Precursors doubtlessly prepared to move our s3mpathy, has not effected its purpose. We think, however, their superior " candour" should have caused them to have added Catho. lie emancipation to the list, which the Tories are said to have given to Ireland ; but, as we think of the Whigs on th e questions of the Reform Bill and negro slavery, they yielded to public opinion what in safety and is justice they could no longer withhold. But the Whigs in yielding completely marred the benefits of the one, and made us pay a very considerable price for the other. Amorg all the heinous sins of Toryism, there is not one but its IVhig parallel might easily be found, and we conscientiously believe that there are no acts of atrocities which the Tories have inflicted on England or Ireland, that can match those deeds which the perfidious Whigs have inflicted on our Canadian brethren ; and shame to Mr. O'Connell, after is professions of sympathy, after his public promises and de clarations that he would use his power and influence to prevent the sacrifice of their constitutional rights—he ac quiesced by his absence in the most despotic act that et er disgraced an English House of Commons in the blackest days of Toryism ; and which act, and all the horrible con sequences that have followed, might have been prevented if lie and his other Whig admirers had been true to justice. Talk of what the Tories did in America! match their deeds if you can with what the Whigs have inflicted on Guiana. They have not scrupled to de stroy every vestige of their constitutional rights— their selfish and arrogant myrmidons were the first to provoke Canadian resistance to their unparalleled des potism ; they then imprisoned their legislators, and pro scribed and hunted down the hest men of the country ; they have brutally encouraged ignorant savages to glut their thirst for blood ; they have destroyed the freedom of the Press, suspended the Habeas Corpus Act, proclaimed mar tial law, burned their churches, sacked their villages, la' the country in ashes at the fiat of one man, and confiscation and plunder have been the war-whoop of their brutal sol diers. Gracious Creator of human beings! talk of the crimes of. Toryism ! Match Whiggery with Nicholas in stead. ~ Yv As to the Coercion Act, which Mr. O'Connell denounces as the standing memento of the Grey and Brougham (and he should have added Melbourne) administration—we think that next to that despotic measure he ought not to forget the barbarous and arbitrary powers of the one that was sub tituted for it, by his own approval, in 1835, and which, when Sharman Crawford moved for its repeal, Mr. O'Con nell pronounced to be a " very neeessai y law." We hope that the Irish people will make an analysis of these two Acts for Mr. O'Connell's especial perusal. We must here, however, make an observation on the absurd notion of gratitude inculcated by Mr. O'Connell and his disciples. It is assumed that because a set of men, called 'Whigs or Tories, some fifty years or a century ago, performed a good action or a dishonourable deed, that we, forsooth, and our children, must always be very grateful to the party of the one, and ch. Trish eternal enmity against the party of the other—though not even a relative of the per sons who did either of the acts compose the present faction. This kind of " gratitude" may afford Mr. O'Connell an excuse for leis present policy, but it is not of that descrip tion our " common sense" inculcates. We think that no course or policy that could have been adopted could have done more mischief to the cause of Radicalism, than has the absurd folly of pull ing down and the setting up of parties and factions. We have long since given up this game—and it shall be our policy for the future, to prevent any faction from possessing political ascendency in this country, aye, even a Radical faction itself, for the principle of Radicalism is opposed to all faction. And in thus expressing our re solve, we think (however contemptible we may appear) we have the power to prevent the supremacy of either Whig or Tory faction. Nor do we want any " leader," or party individual to assist us to effect this object. We believe that there good men among Whigs, Tories, and Radicals, who are honestly disposed to render justice to the millions, and whoever of these good men will assist us to obtain that - Full measure of justice, the " People's Charter," shall have our honestsupport, without reference to the party they may belong. Sincerely hoping, that you will give up your devoted at tachment to party men and measures of every description— that the good and the wise of all claqses among you will be united equally against Whig or Tory domination—and that you will urge your representatives to break through the trammels of political expediency, and advocate those broad principles of justice, which can alone redeem our common country, We remain with truth and sincerity, Your fellow -countrymen, the Members of the Working Men's Association, Signed by the Committee on their behalf; HENRY MITCHELL, COWPER LACEY, JOHN ROGERS, WILLIAM ISAACS, HENRY VINCENT, ARTHUR DYSON, THOS. ENGALL, HENRY LACEY, JOHN JAFFRAY, JOHN THORN, E. It. MITCHELL, ARTHUR MILNER. HENRY HETHERINGTON Treasurer. WILLIAM LOVETT, See;etary. P. S. We recommend t o the especial attention of the Irish people, the admirable Add ress of Colonel Thompson to the Working Men's . Asso c i at i on of Hull, inserted in the . Morning Chron i cle of December 11, and the Hull Saturday Journal of the Bth. It is a we ll -t i med docu ment, the sentiments of which we hope will not be l ost upon the people of both countries. Some particulars of a murderous outrage, Coombe, Es commit ted upon two keepers of Harvey at Cobham Park, on Wednesday week, have already ap peared. We regret to state that one of the unfortunate men, Thomas Chipps, died on Friday night. Mr. Harvey Coombe has been unremitting in his exertions, in co-opera tion with the local police, in his endeavours to cause the apprehension of the villains concerned in the outrage. One of the men suspected, it is stated, has left the country ; the men in custody, Hill and White, are under remand, and it is said that one of them has made some important disclosures. They were examined on Wednesday at Rip ley, but the examination was strictly private. Information of the occurrence was forwarded to Mr. Carttar, the Coro ner,and the inquest was held yesterday. Nothing of any particular interest was elicited o n this occ as ion, and the inquiry was adjourned for the production of very material evidence. The other gamekeeper, who was severely in jured, stated that he and his companion had been attacked by four men, before a word had been spoken, and beaten with the butt-end of the guns which their assailants carried. He could not identify any of them. The deceased has left a wife and five children. Parker, the other wounded man, is recovering. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE FRANCE. The Peers met to-day at two o'clock, on the invitation of the Chancellor, to choose, by ballot, the grand deputa tion which will have the honour to go and meet his Ma jesty on Monday next, at the Royal sitting for opening the Session. On occasion of the death of the Count de Montlosier, the Journals have stated some circumstances of a serious nature, on the conduct of the Clergy of Clermont. The Government expects information on this subject, which will enable it to appreciate proceedings which would seem to prove a blamable intolerance.—Moniteur, Dec. 16. PARIS, Dec. Is.—We learn with pleasure, that public tranquillity was soon restored at Rheims after the departure of the Priest who had excited the disturbances, and the shutting up of the Church. But the Moniteur Parisien takes care to inform us that the closing of the Church was ordered by the civil authorities, in concert with the ecclesiastical authorities. It adds that thirty persons arrested during the riots are in the hands of justice ; as for the priest, who was the original cause of the disturbance, it is said that he only uttered some imprudent words, which perhaps were ill understood. A letter from Milan, of 6th December, says—" Several political offenders included in the amnesty have arrived here, hitherto they are only refugees ; the amnesty, which was to be general, is unhappily not yet applied to those who have been transported, or to those who have been con demned, and are in foreign countries. Prince Metternich has not renounced his project of an Italian Confederation, but he meets with great difficulties ; one of the obstacles would be the conscription, which has not been in force in several states of Italy since the fall of Napoleon, for the abolition of the Conscription was one of the means which the Government, re-established in 181.5, made use of to conciliate the inhabitants of the country. Another diffi culty is the power which Austria would wish to reserve of commanding-in-chief, employing, and that even out of Italy, the troops of the Confederation. As for the Conscripti, n, Austria proposes to assist the Governments which might wish to adopt it, with an armed force to carry it into effect. With respect to the second question it would substitute for the troops withdrawn from Italy, other troops of the empire, in order to be more sure of the tranquil lity of the States, and in case of war, the garrisons of the fortresses would be composed of two-thirds national and one-third Austrian troops.—Le Commerce. PORTUGAL. LISBON, DEC. 7.—The Iberia steamer, which ought to have arrived here with the mails from Falmouth on the Ist instant, is yet missing. The weather has been tre mendous on this coast. On the 24th ult. the English schooner Sappho, Bassett, master, from Plymouth, in ballast to Seville, and the French brig Jules et Juliette, from Havre to this port, were lost at Nazareth, about fifteen miles north of the place where the large vessel men- Coned in my last wets wrecked. The crews of these two had the good fortune to escape, but, it is painful to add, were robbed and narrowly escaped being murdered by the natives, who crowded down to the beach attracted by the prospect of plunder. The Dutch galliot Mars, from Hamburgh to Lisbon, with a cargo of butter, was lost on the following day a few miles south of the Tagus, and all the crew perished. From Cadiz we learn that several vessels have been lost in or near the hay ; amongst others the English schooner .Experiment, which went on shore near Santi Petri. On the 30th ult, the Liver pool packet (steamer) arrived here from Falmouth, having on her way been providentially the means of saving upwards of 140 lives. On approaching Ericeira Captain Brooks, her commander, seeing a large barque with her foremast and bowsprit gone, struggling in vain to beat of from a lee shore, only three miles distant, against a furious gale from the westward, immediately made towards her, and took her in tow at a moment when every other hope of escape had fled. In one hour more she would have been on the rocks. She proved to be the Dutch transport Banca, with 130 troops on board, from Rotterdam to Batavia. When they got within about a mile and a half of the entrance to the Tagus, the tow-ropes broke, and in a moment the steamer shot a-head. The Dutch Captain, who was totally ignorant of the navigation of the bar, and saw no pilot-boat anywhere. immediately began firing signal-guns, and the people on board cried out most piteously, imploring their English friends not to aban don them to their fate. Their distress may be conceived, and so may their joy on seeing the steamer turning round and making towards them again. The sea running too high for it to be possible to fasten on new tow-ropes, Captain Brooks with much difficulty made the Dutchman under stand his directions, which were to follow him closely, and he would lead the transport in safe. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 21.—The whole of the Ottoman fleet, with the exception of a two-decker and frigate left in station at Smyna, arrived here on the 18th in'tant. On the report of the salute from the Admiral-ship being heard, a vast concourse of spectators gathered on both shores of the Bosphorus, anxious to ascertain how far the Turkish sailors had improved under the tuition of their English friends, and the loud shouts of " Mashallas " burst on all sides, on seeing the admirable order and masterly style in which every vessel in the squadron doubled the Seraglio Point, and came to anchor in the Golden Horn. Captain Moresby of the Pembroke, Captain Walker of the Rodney, and the several English officers who came up from the Dar danelles in the Capitan Pacha's ship all agreed that the manoeuvre could not be better performed by any navy. On the same day the vessels were, the wind proving contrary, towed into harbour by the squadron's steamer, where they are now being dismantled. Captain Walker, who is now living as the Capitan Pasha's guest at the Admiralty, will, after a few days, return to the English squadron now lying at the entrance of the Dardanelles, in company with the officers who accompanied him. The Sultan has, it is said, expressed the wish to have them presented to him, and is, on that occasion, to present them with deco rations, as a token of his gratitude for the pains they have been at in tutoring the Turkish officers and sailors placed on board their vessels. Contrary to the custom established from time immemo rial at the Porte, the list of the individuals appointed by the Sultan to hold the various offices in the State during the ensuing twelve months, has not been published before the present Ramazan. Mahmoud, whose mind is lorded by a wish of substituting for the Mahomedan institution s o f Government th ose of Europe, on hearing that this prac tice was nowhere followed but in Turkey, ordered it to be abandoned. A change, however, has lately t a k en p l ace, for which th e p u blic mind, though in a country where the caprices of fortune are so frequent, was totally unprepared for, and which, though po,itive , many yet refuse t o cre dit. The personage who hasincurred diFgra ce and fal len from his high estate, was no less a man t h an his Highne s s's dwarf—the influential Ah me d A ga. For a number of years this person bad f oun d amp l e compensations for the injustice of nature in the fa vours of an imperial master, and th e more spec i a l privilege of being admitted freely in the presence of the in comparable beauties which adorn the Sultan's harem. In an evil hour for this happy mortal the Sultan remarked that his upper I , p was assuming a darker hue than became the face of a guardian to whom the charge of so precious a treasure might safely be intrusted. Dark clouds of suspi cion gathered aroufid the. imperial brow. Leaving physio logists to account for the phenomenon, suffice it to say, that in consequence of the report of the Kislar Aga, the dwarf was declared unworthy to remain another minute in the harem, and turned for ever out of the gates of bliss. For many days much alarm was felt on Ahmed Aga's account. The fiultan in his just indignation, could, it was supposed, do no less am() hang him off the portals so oft defiled through his impure presence ; but—and let this example be recited among the most remarkable instances of Mahmoud's clemency and moderation—the guilty offender not only had his life granted to him, but in a few days the ceremony of his marriage is to bia performed with unusual pomp, in presence of the whole Court and grandees of the empire. EGYPT. (From the Smyrna Journal of the 24th ult.) Advices from Alexandria of the 16th ult. state that an express had brought intelligence of the arrival of Mehemet Ali at Kartoun, a small town situate above Assouan, and that he intended to proceed on his journey in a few days. The Viceroy was in excellent health, and appeared ex tremely cheerful. The financial situation of Egypt is represented as most critical, even by the best friends of the Viceroy. The pay ment of the arrears due to the navy and public officers had been suspended for want of funds. Cairo was incumbered w ith merch an di se o f a ll ki n d s , an d E ng li s h manufactures in particular, for which there was no sale. Specie was so scarce, that discounts had risen to 2i per cent. per month. The di sarmament of the fl ee t was no l onger ta lk e d o f. All the s were kept , on th e war f oot i ng. Th e fl ot ill a ,biPg. with th e except i on o f t h ree had b een dis masted, but it w merely for th e p urpose o f repa i r , an d their crews vve lately sent to ni a h a d not yet returne d , an d i t was thought th a t i t would continue to cruise itleng the coast until the island was entirely General Ventura, wh o r la T c. r w ec a elve to d expected. been deputed by the King of Lahore on a mission to the ß ritish Government, arrived in Alexandriato l o n n d i tah the e l4t h momentul t. , a h n e d proceed r o a n p a his a journey large quantity of cavalry articles of equipment, and Parti, , ce which hp hourly comes down to the 20th ult. Seve ral announced the dismissal from th from Constantinople, to b e found in the c u I T a r h l e y i c e u t i e r i a ! i s g s e e e s Sin.Y l e r t n t a e r j s the Minister whose advic e had occa sioned the temporary cossAipap of all diplomatical inter- , THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1838. course between the English Ambassador and the Persian Government. According to advices from Beyrout of the 9th ult., there still existed in Syria seeds of discontent and irritation, calculated to fill the Egyptian Government with serious apprehensions. The British Government had appointed a Vice-Consul for Jerusalem, who was already provided with carats from the Porte. This measure would, it was thought, greatly annoy Mehemet Ali, who hitherto would not allow a Consular agent to be established in that residence. LORD DURHAM. (From the Hull Rockingham.) It will be recollected by our readers, that at a late meet ing of our Town Council, our worthy Mayor was instructed to invite Lord Durham to a public dinner. The follow ing courteous answer to the invitation was received yester day, and though it is expressed in general terms, we think we may safely congratulate our townsmen on the probibility of seeing the Noble Lord amongst them at no very distant day :—,; _ " Cleveland-row, Dec. 12, 1838. " SIR,—On my arrival in town from Plymouth I re ceived your communication of the 30th November, trans mitting to me the resolution of the Council with reference to invitation to a public dinner from the Corporation. " I beg to assure you that I feel highly flattered by this proof of their esteem, and shall gladly avail myself of an opportunity of personally assuring them of the high value which I attach to the official connection which subsists between us, and of my earnest desire to render them any service in my power.—l am, Sir, your obliged and faithful " DURHAM. • servant, " The Worshipful the Mayor of Hull." (From the Weekly Chronicle.) THE WHIG CREED, OR " THE THREE ES TATES, AND THE THREE LEADERS." The times have been full of perplexity and confusion since Lord Durham's return, and our political Murphys seem quite at fault as to the almanack of next session. Most of them take refuge in that obscurity, in which their prototype delights to veil his meaning. "sth of Feby. 1839.—Cloudy, with an inclination to snow, which perhaps may blow off, and perhaps not ! " 6th of Feby.—Weather much worse, if not better ! " 7th of Feby.—A decided change, —one way or the other!" Such are the prognostications of the press, when they venture to approach this delicate subject. In conversa tion, men are not so much afraid of commiting themselves, and we have heard every possible theory, that human inge nuity can devise, broached and argued upon, in the course of the last forty-eight hours. The most singular, and, at the same time, the happiest state of mind, in the midst of these uncertainties, is that of your pure old Whig —your real Reform-Bill-finality-man, who knows no world but Brookes's or Boodle's, and whose political creed consists in his belief in the star of Lord Melbourne. With him everything is for the hest in this best of all possible systems. Lord Durham will come round, or Lord Melbourne will come round, and Lord Durham Will be made a Duke, or the Ballot a Cabinet question—it matters very little which, provided harmony be restored. This is a comfortable creed. It's only fault is it's utter impracticability. But the Whigs do not see this ; they look at things through spectacles of their own, and seem determined that, let what will happen, Lord Melbourne is to remain the chosen adviser of the Crown. We met with a curious specimen of this class of politi cians the other day, and endeavoured to analyse the grounds of his belief. They are very simple. Lord Melbourne is a man of much ability.—( This no one doubts.) He has a complete hold of the Queen's mind.—(Granted.) He stands now between Lord Durham and the Conservatives, and if Lord Durham refuse to accept his terms, the Con servatives will ; so that his majority, even in the present Parlioment, is secure. An union between the pure Whigs, and the more liberal Tories (it is argued), would form the firmest and most compact Government that England has seen since the days of Pitt. O'Connell might be bought, or crushed ; the Whig and Tory Aristocracy would com mand the counties and the smaller towns ; while no diffi culty could arise as to the distribution of power, for Lord John Russell would go into temporary retirement, and the three estates would then have their three natural leaders, the Duke of Wellington leading the Lords, Sir Robert Peel the Commons, and Lord Melbourne the Queen! The constitutional duties of Queen-leader have not yet been very accurately defined ; but, as they are understood to comprise apartments at Windsor and Brighton, con stant residence, daily dinners, and the choice of the per sons immediately connected with the Court, it is assumed that our present Premier would be perfectly satisfied with the share in the Government allotted to him, and might abandon the rest to his new colleagues. Against this promising plan we can only urge that there is a something in it, if not contra bonos 11101 W, at all events incompatible with that propriety of feeling, that sensitive ness in all matters in which the sex is concerned, for which England has hitherto been famed. We know, by the observations addressed to us from many quarters, that the country is beginning to look with jealousy at the means by which Lord Melbourne's influence appears to be main tained, and to complain of the duration of this platonic honey-moon between the Premier and his Royal mistress. With these feelings abroad(and that they are abroad no man who knows anything of what is passing in the world can doubt), we should like to know how many monthspur chase the leadership of the Queen is worth, and what value ought to be attached to it in the political combinations of the day? To us it seems that those who build upon it build upon sand. We have a sovereign contempt for all parties which do not rest upon some well-ascertained prin ciple ; and we see no principle in the ascendancy of the ex perience of sixty over the inexperience of eighteen. It is evident, however, that the true principle of such a combina tion as that which we have described would he the principle, of standing still—the stationary principle set against the movement principle—the preservation of all that is objec tionable and rotten in our system against large, well-consi dered, and necessary reforms. • We should like nothing better than to see a well-orga nised opposition, with the Ballot, Triennial Parliaments, the Repeal of the Corn Laws, and Household Suffrage, inscribed upon its banners, arrayed against such a Govern ment as this. It would not stand a single session. This is what we mean by the Durham policy, as distinguished from that of the present men. Before twelve months have elapsed, we foresee that England will be divided into two parties—the one embracing all the different shades of Con servatism, from Lord John Russell down to Colonel Sib thorpe—the other comprehending all those who regard the Reform Bill as a means, not an end—the rational Radicals —the friends to the extension of popular rights, with Lot. , " Durham as their acknowledged head. THEATRES. OLYMPIC. A new burletta, called The Burlington Arcade, was oduced at this house last night. It is a mere trifle, and as a trifle it WAS kindly received by the audience. A bar ber (Keeley), and a tailor (T. Green), are rivals for the hand and heart of Miss Clernentina Moss (Mrs. Orger), an artificial florist, whose language is more artificial than her flowers, and rivals that of Mrs. Malaprop herself in the absurdity of its contortions. Larry O'Slack (Mr. Brougham), a ragged Irishman, whom the beadle Long staff (Mr. J. Bland), at first refuses to admit into the Ar cade, is alternately furnished with money by each of the rivals, to keep the other occupied while the eventful question is popped, until his shaggy head of hair has been three times cut, and his tatters replaced by a dandy out-fit, in which condition he makes himself acceptable to Mrs. Cloud (Mrs. Macnamara), of the cigar shop. The disappointed hair-cutter, who had shorn him, bestowing a pot of bear's grease for a dowry. We cannot call the piece a jeu d'esprit ; it is rather a spout of vulgarity, and of Cockney slang ; sometimes amus ing enough, and sometimes pointless and tiresome. The merit con s i s t s ma i n l y i n the scene. It presented the en tire Arcade in perspective ; and what with shops and shopmen, promenaders and customers, the beadle, and the dirty urchin that when turned away mocks his worship, the versimilitude was very complete. Considerable applause was bestowed on the scene, than which nothing of the sort could be better, and the plaudits were redoubled when the gasman appeared to light up the lamps of the arcade. There was little opportunity for acting, except in the as sumption of vulgar pretension ; and that was occasionally so exaggerated in the dialogue that it seemed as if the author were ambitious of the old epitaph--." I, too was an Arcadian." , POOLE TORY CORPORATION BA NKRUPTCY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) It should seem that a Corporation trading in fraud is in ePct amenable to the Bankrupt law, but that, inasmuch as the trade is fraud, the operation of this Bankrupt law is a fraudulent preference. We stated in our last commu nication that one moiety of the tithes and real estate would be extended, but we find that by a late Act of Parliament the entirety is extradible and by the Sheriff's jury actually extended to the ci-devant Town-Clerk. Here then is a clear sweep of the real and personal estate of the Corpora tion of Poole into the pocket of one individual, and upon what ground? because it pleased this Tory Council to pen sion off their old Town Clerk upon the public and elect a new one who should also fatten upon the sweets of office, and what has been the course adopted ? By the Municipal Act all the rents and profits of the Corporation should be carried to " the Borough fund," and in case of insufficiency the Council is empowered to make a " Borough rate." Now, thought the Tory Council of Poole, these Reformers shall have quantum sujficit of Reform ; we will contriv e that our to-be-fittened Town Clerk shall take the Corpo rate property, and our quondam Town Clerk shall feed for the residue of his natural life upon the vitals of the rate payers, and if these poor deluded Reformers should grumble, the short answer will be, " Oh, this is the effect of your Municipal Reform Act." To work therefore they went, forgetting that " extremes beget extremes ;" the rate payers, however, as a dernier resort, determined to stop the supplies, and to such an extent is this feeling of resistance carried that practically the rates have not been and cannot be collected. The result is readily anticipated ; a quarrel between the former and present Town Clerks over the re mains of the old Body Corporate which has resulted in the former carrying it off victoriously—seniores priores ! How the salary of the Recorder, Town Clerk, and other officers of the Council, the expense of maintaining the gaol, police force, and prosecuting offenders are to be met is more than the Town Council can under the circumstances devise. But one chance remains for those who wish for the existence of the place, and thank Heaven ! this is not a mere chance but a certainty—viz., that on the Ist of November, 1839, the Tory Councillors of Poole will be reduced to a mino rity as incapable of mischief, as they have hitherto been of doing one useful act. HA YMARKET. Power having arrived at last by the Roseius, made his appearance last night to a crowded house, and met with one of the warmest and heartiest receptions we have known to greet a returned fivourite. He played in the Irish Am bassador and The Irish Lion, and never acquitted himself with more genuine humour, freshness, and vivacity. He acted, in fact, with even more than his usual life and ani mation, and natural buoyancy and high spirits were appa rent in the man beyond what were required to be assumed by the actor. In a word, he seemed glad to see everybody and everybody glad to see him. He was vociferously cheered at his entree and all through his performa nce , an d loudly called for to respond to the public welcome, which anddid in a short and appropriate speech—thanking the ience for their comptiments—regrettiwr that he had been detained from them beyond the expected time —and pro mising, now that he had come, to make all atonement in his power for his absence. The Haymarket will, doubtless, now have bumpers to the end of the season, An alarm of fire was given three o'clock, yesterday afternoon, ab ou t of smoke bursting from the Piccadilly, in consequence of volumes Egyptian which Messrs. Reece and Hall, in the p ar t i n Co. had l a t e l y carr i e d on their business as chem i§ts.The Bayad eres were at that time in the midst of their dance, and many large parties were present, and in consequence great confusion was produced. Fortunately some englnes.were quickly b roug h t to p l ay on the premises, and the lire was consequently soon extin guished, without any material loss being sustained, the stock of Messrs. Reece having been removed to their new premises, COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR, MONDAY.—Her Majesty rode out on horse back this afternoon, from two till four o'clock. The Queen was attended by Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Torring ton, Baroness Lehzen, Viscount Buckley, the Hon. Miss Murray, the Hon. Major Keppel, and the Hon. G. Byng. The Marchioness of Tavistock and the Hon. Mrs. Brand drove out in a pony phaeton. The Royal dinner party this evening will include the following :--Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Tavistock, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Brand, Lady Mary Stopford, Baroness Lehzen, the Hon. the Misses Pitt and Murray, Lord and Lady Torrington, the Hon. Major Keppel, Colonel and Lady Buckley, Viscount Mel bourne, and the Hon. G. Byng. To-morrow (this day) the Queen will leave the Castle for Brighton. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones, honoured the Westminster Play with his presence last evening. Mr. Stevenson, - the American Minister, and General Alava, the Spanish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. _ _ Mr. Edward Ellice, jun., transacted business yesterday the Colonial Office. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council heard Indian Appeals yesterday. The Lords present were—Lord Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy. Sir Alexander Johnston and Sir E. East sat as Privy Councillors. An appeal from Bom bay, Esuruint Roco Thorat v. Nil!ober was dismissed. A second appeal, Sooria Row v. Catughery, was also heard. 1n both appeals Mr. Miller, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Jackson were heard for the appellants ; and Mr. Sergeant Spankie and Mr. Edward F. Moore, the Counsel for the East India Company, appeared for the respondents. Lord Brougham gave judgment in the latter appeal with costs. In the early part of the sitting Dr. Lushington gave judg ment on the part of their Lordships in Campbell v. Dent, from British Guiana. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir Astley Cooper, Bart., in Conduit -street; Earl Talbot, in Piccadilly. from his seat Ingestrie Hill, Staffordshire ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo and the Ladies Brown, in Mansfield-street, from Hastings ; the Marquis of Tweeddale, in Belgrave-square, from a visit to Colonel and Lady Eliza beth Steele. at Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdon ; Sir Arthur Paget and Lady Harriet Paget, from Dover; Viscount and Viscountess Boyne, i❑ Berkeley-square, from Kent ; General Sir Edward Bowater, at English's St. James's Royal Hotel, St. James's -street, from a tour; Sir P. H. Fleetwood, Bart., M. P., at ditto, from Lancashire ; Professor Butt and R. Murdoch, Esq., at ditto, from Dublin ; Hon. George Harris, at ditto, from Paris ; Captain G. Vernon, 33d Regiment, at ditto, from Gibraltar; Robt. Briggs, Esq., at ditto, from Chippenham ; Alex. Reid, Esq , at ditto, from his seat, Denbighshire. DEPARTURES. Mr. and Mrs. W. Burrell, from English's St. James's Royal Hotel, St. James's -street, for Cambridge ; Rev. Wm. M'Clintock, from ditto, for Ireland ; Captain Charles Peter son, from ditto, for his scat, Herts ; S. Campbell, Esq., from ditto, for Hampshire ; J. Robertson, Esq , from ditto, for Bristol ; Thomas Bold, Esq , from ditto, for Liverpool ; R S. Guinness, Esq., from ditto, for Dublin; Sir John Guest, Bart., M. P., and Lady Charlotte Guest, from Grosvenor_ square, for their seat, Dowlais House, Merthyr Tydvil ; th e Earl of Radnor, from Grosvenor -street, for his seat, Longford Castle, near Salisbury, Wilts; Lord Alfred Paget, from Ux bridge House, for Wi n d sor C ast l e, on a visit to her Majesty, CHANGES. Lord and Lady Poltimore, at their seat, Court Hall, near North Molten, from Shanpham House ; the Dowager Duchess of Richmond, et Goodwood Park, near Chichester, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, from a visit to Lord and Lady George Lennox, at Lennox Lodge, Bognor ; Lord Coke, at the scat of the Earl and Countess of Leicester, Holkham Hall, from Paris; the Hon. Henry Liddell, M. P., and Mrs. Liddell, at Ravensworth Castle, Northumberland, from a visit to Lord George Seymour, at Brighton ; General Popham, at Bath, from his seat, Littlecote House, Wilts ; Sir Thomas Dyke Ackland, Bart., M. P. and Lady Ackland, at their seat, Killerton Lodge, Devon, from Leamington Spa; the Hon. S. Howard, at the family seat, Wilton House, near Sa lisbury, from Melton Mozvhray; the Hon. C. A. Murray, at Brighton, from Windsor Bastle ; Lord George Lennox, at Lennox Lodge, Bognor, Su:sex, from Oxfordshire ; Lady Theodosia Hale, at Bath, from her seat, Alderley Park, Wootton-under-Edge ; Mr. George and Lady Louisa Buck, at their seat, Hartland Abbey, Devon, from a lengthened so journ on the Continent ; Lord Cranstoun, at Melton Mow bray, Leicestershire, from his seat, in Scotland; the Earl of Gosford, at his seat, Gosiord Castle, near Armagh, from Dub lin ; Lord and L idy Courtenay, at Powderham Castle, the seat of the Earl of Devon, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Fortcscue, at Castle-hill, near Exeter. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 17.—This bring the last day of term a con gregation was holden for granting degrees, when the fol lowing were conferred : BACHELORS OF CIVIL LAW.—J. S. L. Kettle, of Lincoln College ; G. F. Noad, Worcester College. MASTERS OF ARTS.—Rev. J. 11. Worsley, Magdalen Col lege; Rev. G. Fausset, Magdalen College; R. J. Connell, Balliol College; H. Carey, Oriel College; T. Beames, Lin. coin College. BACHELORS OF ARTS.—A. Waddilove, Trinity College, Grand Compounder; T. Brock, Oriel College; G. Bussel, Worcester College; D. W. Eaton, Livivoin College; G. F. Childe, Christ Church. The next day for taking degrees will be Monday, Jan. 14, being the first day of Hilary or Lent Tern, The Countess of iVlinto and the Ladies Elliot have arrived at the Admiralty from Minto Castle, Roxburgh shire, for tho season. The Marquis of Chandos, who arrived in town a day or two sinoe, has loft Buckingham House for 0 klcy Park, near Eye, on a visit to Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., who, with his Lady, is seeing company at that elegant seat. Viscount C ante l upe has left Hatfield for Auberries, the seat of Colon e l and Lady Laura Meyrick, in Suffolk. Lord and Lady Belfast are also on a visit to Colonel and Lady Laura Meyriek. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence has left town with a large party, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Cardigan, at Deane Park, in Northamptonshire. Sir Frederick Johnstone, M.P., is staying on a visit to Lord Alford, at Lord Brownlow's seat in Lincoln shire. Lord F orester h as arrived at Grimsthorp Castle, Lincolnshir e , from a tour in Derbyshire. The nuptials of the Hon. Miss Julia Macdonald (daughter to the Adjutant-General, Sir John Macdonald) with Mr. Errington Stanley, of Cheshire, will be solemnised early in January. Lady Caroline Buckley and her children have been on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle, front her Ladyship's seat in the New Forest. The Marquis of H unt l e y h as been receiving a suc cession of visitors at Abovm-.... Oastio, N.B. The lion. C. C. Cavendish, 111_,T 4 3 „ And .Lady Catherine Cavendish have been ajnivig. the distinguished guests. The Earl o f Li c hfi e ld l e f t town on S unday for his residence, Ba n t on Abb ey , Staffordshire. A large party of noblemen hav e b een i nv i te d for A few day's shootingby his Lordshit). GREECE. IRELAND. The' rlihlwie Sentinel denies the alleged fact that two men, named Whelan and Phillips, were murdered in that town by combinators, on account of working for under wages. It states that no such persons were known there. A Lew shipping company, with a large capital, and very extensive resources is about to be formed in Drogheda. The Right Hon. Mr. Kennedy and the Rev. Mr. Car lisle hive retired from the Education Board. The Even ing Mail insinuates that the dissolution of the Board will be the consequence ; but it is absurd to anticipate any such effect. Their places will be supplied, and the system pro ceed as harmoniously as ever. PARISH OF LAMBETH CHURCH RATES. An adjourned meeting of the inhabitant rate-payers of this parish was held last evening in the Vestry-hall, and was most numerously attended. It will be recollected that this time twelvemonths the then Churchwardens proposed to make a Church-rate for the repairs of the church. The proposition was met by a motion for an adjournment of the consideration of the question for twelve months, winch was, after two days' polling, carried by a majority of 293. The numbers being— For aCliurcli-rate Against it . . 180 473 It was in pursuance of this motion that the meeting ol last evening was held, when James Sheil, Esq., was called Lo the chair. Mr. CLARK, the Vestry Clerk, having read the notice calling the meeting, and the minutes of the last, Mr. FALL w i s h e d t o k now if i t was t h e intention of any one to move for the making of a Church-rate?--(Cries of " No, no.") He had the pleasure to inform them that they had now Churchwardens in office whose feelings were in accordance with those of the majority of the parishioners on the all-absorbing question of Church-rates.—(Hear, hear.) These gentlemen had declined to apply for a rate, and he begg e d o f t h e V estry-Clerk to read the communi cations addressed to him on the subject. The VESTRY-CLERK then proceeded to read the follow ing correspondence from Messrs. Barton and Hunt, and also from Mr. Wheatley, three of the present Church wardens : " To Mr. J. B. Clark. " Sta,—As the feelings of the parish have been so decid edly manifested for the abolition of Church-rates, we our selves, convinced that whatever the law, it is unjust to com pel those to contribute for the support of a Church from which they derive no spiritual instruction, and who main tain their own religious establishments, we require you to state to the Vestry, that we withdraw our application for a rate, relying upon the justice and liberality of the con gregation to support the parish church. " We are, Sir, yours, &c., " JOHN BARTON, JOHN HUNT. " Lambeth, Dec. 15, 1838." —(Great cheering.) _ _ -" Mr. J, B. Clark. " SlR,—Being unable to attend the Vestry through ill ness, I beg to inform you that it is not, under all circum stances, my intention to apply for a Church-rate. " Yours, &c., —( A pplause.) " WILLIAM WHEATLEY." Mr. SAUNDERS (the other churchwarden) then presented himself, arid, in reply to the Chairman, said, " It is not my intention to apply for a Church-rate." Mr. FALL was very happy to find that the churchwar dens were unanimous in their determination not to apply for a Church-rate. Mr. GRADY said that as the churchwardens had declined to apply for a Church -rate, the only course for the meeting to adopt in respect to the question was to agree to a reso lution adjourning the further consideration of it sine die. A resolution to that effect was carried by acclamation. On the motion of Mr. FALL, it was further resolved, that the auditing of the churchwardens' account be ad journed, to enable M. Wheatley to attend and explain the circumstances under which he handed over a sum of money to the treasurer of the new burial•ground. Mr. FALL then proceeded to reply to an a t tac k that had been made upon him through the medium of a wee kl y publication. vote Other t thanks m t , ep h s em ar e a e t t e in d g . meeting, which after a , to o e t n addressed ec de h r ai s r s m e cl n a EXAMINING PRISONERS AT STATION -HOUSES —At the Central Criminal Court yesterday the Recorder, in trying a case, in which it appeared that on a prisoner being taken i n t o cus tody for felony , and conveyed to t h e police station-house, ba had undergone an exami nat i on , and been questioned by the inspector or serge an t on duty, and such answers delived on the trial, said th e C ourt dis approved of such proceedings ; and trusted that in future they would be abandoned. The Court gave directions to the inspectors of the metropolitan police to report their opinions to the Commissioners on the subject. THE LATE MYSTERIOUS Pg4TiT OF A YOUNG LADY.—An account appeared on Saturday un d or the above head, of a young female, who was found drowned off Horselydown stairs op Saturday week. In consequence of such report the friends of the deee4sed have been dis covered ; her moth e r is named Ellis, and formerly kept an WO in Fleet-street. The unfortunate deceased was in her 18th year, and was residing with her brother-in-la w i n Bishopsgate-street, and left his house on the a ft ernoon of Tuesday w ee k, stating th a t she should return to tea, b ut was never seen alive afterwards. The manner in which she cam; by her death is still wrapped in the deepest mystery. ATHENS, Nov. 29.—The King held his first Council of Ministers yesterday since his return, and a most stormy one it was. It was proposed by the Minister of the Interior to proclaim martial law in the Morea ; the other Ministers did not concur in the proposal, but all the phalangites and half pay officers have been ordered to hold themselves in readi ness for actice service. Their Majesties gave a grand ball last week in celebra tion of their return. Very few Greek ladies attended, and the King hardly spoke to a single Greek the whole of the evening, which caused great displeasure. There were a number of strangers, amongst whom we remarked Lord and Lady Canning, Lords Loraine and Fitzallan, and Hon. Colonel Ellis. Lord Canning was visited by all the Councillors of State and. all the old Capitini. The King presented his Lordship with the Grand Cross of the Saviour. No change has yet taken place in our Ministry, but the King must see, from the manner the members of it treat one another, even in his presence, it cannot last. (PROM OUR OWNCORRESPONDENT. DUBLIN, ?DEC. 16. A Limerick paper states positively, that the office of Clerk of the Privy Council has been given to Marmion Sa vage, Esq. ; no better appointment could possibly be made. This gentleman must be known to you as one of the most pointed and successful political writers of the day, and as the author of most of the Irish articles in the best weekly paper, and in the most philosophical magazine in London. The Bar as well as the Press will be complimented by this appointai::nt. LEWIS' DICTIONARY..—This work which has met so much opposition, has had the effect of bringing the leaders of opposite political parties into conjunction, and a meeting of all the subscribers to it, in the County Cork, has been called at. Bandon, for to-morrow, to consider (in fact) the best means of evading the payment claimed for what they consider an inferior book. I TIIE PORTER TRADE.—This trade, which is by far the most flourishing one in this country, is in a curious con dition at present. Owing to the rise in the grain market, the brewers held a meeting, and determined to rise the price of porter, on which a meet ing of the licensed vintners was held, when it was determined not to consent to the rise, and that they should continue to supply the pub is with the article at the usual retail price. A meeting of the licensed spirit sellers was also held, at which it was resolved, that as long as the increased price was kept on porter, they would en courage, by every means in their power, the consumption of ale and beer. Both parties also determined to force the brewers to give them for the future imperial measure, a regulation which they have hitherto managed to evade. These proceedings must have a considerable effect upon the export trade to England, which has vastly increased within these last few years. TITHE MARTYRS.-A meeting of several parishes in Meath is called for to-morrow, to consider the best means of relieving the persons at present suffering in per son for their opposition to the tithe impost. It is ex -I.e.:ted that a fund will be collected to defray the claims against them. There was a tithe sale in Dublin on Friday, of several farming utensils (at the seizure of which, at Feidstown, there was an affray with the dra goons, in which a son of the owner, Mr. Ford, was slightly wounded). They did not bring more than a third of the sum claimed, which was .551. 6s. The celebrated temperance advocate, Hockings, " the Birmingham blacksmith," is at present laid up with fever, in the city of Waterford. LIIERA`i URh. ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. Vol. - Black, Edinburgh, 1838. We noticed in The Sun a few days since the last P a fished Part o f t hi s E ncyc l opaedia ; since then a whole v,„",„ lume has a pp eare d— t h e one now before us—which c°' tictailes o ns several biographical, geograp hi cal, and histor i ca l f h f great valuo. The details in the article " the SI f Sea Island s " are espec i ally interesting, describing, as ,tte; do with mi nu t eness an d fi delity, the progress made in , li heite and elsewhere, by the Missionary Societies in h i e till now, wh o ll y unc i v ili sed quarter of the globe. irthe plates app en d e d to t h e volume are all executed in big, highest styl e o f th e art ; among them are some admir6 maps of South America. POEMS. Br ELIZA Coor. Wood, London, 1838. tta The authore ss o f t hi s elegant little volume is a .A e. lady n ame d C oo k , who tells us, in a short and modest P. face, that h er li terary career has been but of brief duratl orn, and that it was entered upon " without a friend to P i lhe tiate my i n t erest, or l aud my efforts. " She adds that y " miscell aneous poems i n the present volume " have shea 4d r been favourably receited by the public—and mos t t servedly so, f or th ey a b ound in evidences of superior Pie lo talent, and are pat h et i c, fanciful, descriptive, sprightiblo as accords be , t with the theme. The tone of feeling pervades them is pure and healthy throughout, wheref o re we have not th e s li g h test doubt that the volume will be re ceived with suc h f avour by the public, as shall justify tb e 4 authoress in ventur i ng upon a second experiment. . 6 ' specimen o f h er powers, we subjoin a sort of Chris carol, which is well fitted to the present season:— Hail to the night when we gather once more All the forms we love to meet ; When we've many a guest that's dear to our breast, And the household dog at our feet. Who would not be in the circle of glee When heart to heart is yearning-- When joy breathes out in the laughing shout While the Christmas log is burning ? 'Tis one of the fairy hours of life, When the world seems all of light ; For the thought of woe, or the name of a foe, Ne'er darkens the festive night. When bursting mirth rings round the hearth, Oh ! where is the spirit that's mourning, While merry bells chime with the carol ryhme, And the Christmas log is burning? Then is the time when the grey old man Leaps back to the days of youth; When brows and eyes bear no disguise, But flush and gleam with truth. Oh I then is the time when the soul exults, And seems right heavenward turning; When we love and bless the hands we press, While the Christmas log is burning. THE HUG UEN OT, 3 Vols. Longman, London, 1838. air There is no novelist of the day who brings more -egr, sites to the composition of the historical tale tha n t o rl James. He shows himself not merely versed in the 0 [ 0 ; of whatever period he selects for the purposes of fi ct .l o , but is at home also in illustrating its domestic peculiar l ' er as developed in the sayings and doings of his chief P ar sonages. His present tale, the Huguenot, exhibits his c l a , lifications as an historical novelist to the greatest advant t t i g. The s cene i s l a id i n France, and th e p er i o d c h o sen is t he b e ep stirring p or ti on o f L ouis the Fourteenth' s re ign, whe strife bet ween C at h olic and Protestant, after havingLielebr for s ome years, i f not allayed, at least moderated, by t" ter at nign an t i n fl uence of Colbert, was breaking out, after the The s t a t esman ' s d eath, with nearly as much furyas e t he The story opens with a sketch of a pastoral district in dsl more sequestered p art o f France, and of the statelY..„fe,ue fortress th a t ever l ooks it, the ancestral dwelling of a oe"„bio not noble man , t h e C ount de Morseiul, in which grerer, sket c h we recogn i ze much of Scott's picturesque Plot We like it the better, because there is none of that a tt t e n the , at fine, s h owy wr i t i ng, which formed such a drawback interest of the author's, otherwise successful, roman7bi Attila. A. few c are l ess , b r illi ant touches, droppedtiche , accident, p l ace t h e whole scene vividly before us. ir ratter of d e M orse i u l , who is the hero of the tale, m air the tamed with unflaggi ng spirit th roug h out ; b ut we prefer,uor portrait o f hi s faithful valet, Jerom e Riquet, who se- p of ning, q u i c k- w i tte d ness, vivacity, and grotesque affecta ti t' e ,J. cowardice, remind us of Scott's unrivalled Cuddle I.l t e de- T.igg, perhaps the most finished portrait that that gr ee n ,' oa t lineator of human character ever attempted. But th e .". bet successful portions of Mr. James's tale are those wh erel b - 01, brings Louis the Fourteenth before us, and represents t he after . a 1. vee at Versailles, in a n i mate d conversation la King's closet," with his famous war-minister Lea ve ' of the most vindicti7e, rapacious, and unprincipled politico his day. fth° About , _.., two o'clock yesterday morning as on e °l cor L division of the police was on duty, and,proceeding u P et terbury-place, Kensington, he discovered a fire rag 7Dlo. t'm back part of the residence of Mr. Iliff, surgeon,Aa'those 14. H e l os t no t i me in arousing. the inmates. and at ori" of the a dj o i n i ng h ouses. The flames a pp ea red to have ;sr ginated i n a d etached building, used as a surgery, 'ld ,c,eiry taming a great quantity of spirits, which burnt with ...,85 great fury. O n t h e d i scovery of the fire informat i on f w oo sent to th e fi re stat i ons for assistance, when engin es r i s o the Southwark-bridgo and Waterloo-road stations, t e d those of th e W est of England Fire-office, soon reaei er, the spot. In the course of an hour the fire was got en t, v ,,,.. and confined to the surgery. The dwelling-houFe is ' ' t : t ea ever, damaged, and the two adjoining ones, by pre while of the contents during the confusion that nhile the fire was burning. • t 0 THE CHARTISTS. —We are glad to perceive se the working-classes of Scotland have had the ge °d , B „ e a rl e :o to disclaim all sympathy with the violent language c --- . o g men as Oastler, Stephens, and O'Connor. At a ine ej ° l held last week in Edinburgh, at which representativ's (r oe_ oo , fifty or sixty unions were present, rt,solutions, straragl? e fil demnatory of any reference, even in speakii4, to P a Y (a' ,land and force, were unanimously adopted. The Ta iv e l / . _lr. ire the ster, who occupied the Chair on thin ocnsion, has eat, merit, we believe, of originating ..- move Water. .1,4 this r;ameworthy -- t he both in Eno.that to Edinburgh Radicals should I , deemed - it necessary f aye Scotland. We only regret meet by torch-light. There, • is in the very circumstanceion mectin r ; under cloud of night a species of intimidal which will do their cause no good.—Aberdeen Herald. isys A veIDENT.—On - .''.saturclay last, about twel ci:elgek at noon, as Ster. l nan, the driver of Mrs. New dico i ... Bury waggon, was ;Jassing through Great Leighs tur o n ,.c t gate on hi s way home, be was caught between the whet' ' and the post, where he was firmly fixed for a long ti w,' f e d i and th e on l y means of releasing him from hi s ~Iretititho situation was by fixing the horses on behind when oo waggon w as d rawn h ac k . Th e poor man's kifeast bt', was driv en i n , and he was in other respects dreadfully • io o Jared. H o li es at t h e C ast l e I nn, and by the unrem itt l c a, g attention of Ai r . il u t e hi nsoo , t h e surgeor,,,is likely to O W --4 - `44e .r j4rald. THE COMIC AL2IIANACK FOR 1839. Tilt, London, 1838. There is much humourous prose and verse in this Vil a ' zical little volume, which is a strange jumble of facts an , fam!ies, and is app ro p r i ate l y e di te d b y 't Ri g d utn Funnid ° ,2, Esq."--a descendant, no d ou bt, o f t h at same Rigdum w"" figures so conspicuously in Carey's mock tragedy of t‘ CV?' nonhotonthologos." The illustrations are all by Cruiksbans,, and never did George exhibit his powers of grotesque ea_ri riot cature in great er var i e t y . H e p l aces b e f ore us as a collection of flees as ever were made by Liston or Mu n i ' den in th e i r most palmy chi s. Each Month is represen t° by some rare pictorial whimsy or other. April "is di ns ' Crated by a pl a t e ent i t l e d t h e " Fi rst D ay of Term," in w hich the Judges are shown breakfasting with the Lord Chali cellar, and d emo li s hi ng t h e goo d things on his table with a the gusto of lon g -p ract i se d Ald ermen. One moon-faced oij Judge, in particul ar , w h o i s b usy cutt i ng i nto a f i ne co ld sirloi o _ of beet; displays an array o f gr i n d ers that might d o cre dit in a shark, and grins from ear to ear with an evident c onsciou s : ness of supreme felicity. March " is exemplified as follows; A patty of friends are dining together on " Easter Snot% off a ' e g o f l am b ; an d a very young I gnoramus i n the noud science of carv i ng i s vo l unteer i ng to cut up the afore said leg. Th e consequences may b e ant icipated. The ra sh youngster —as ambitious and as unsuccessful as Pha3tan a capsizes the dish ; sends his knife spinning one wary °a his fork another ; dislodges a neighbourirg decanter , a n d baptizes a fat man's lap with the contents thereof ; having thus thrown a whole party into the lowest depths of tribulation, l oo k s a b out hi m wit h an expression o f w ilea sheepishness and remorse exquisitely asinine! " May" is ,; phined by the " C oncert S eason. " An ugly trio, cons i s t of' two men and a w oman , are squa lli ng together i n a peu"- concert-room, apparently much to the horror of the °rebe; tra in attendance, who look just as if the tympanum of ea„ man's ear h a d sus t a i ne d a compound fracture. The coo n " tenances of the war bli ng tr i umv i rate are eminently Grin"' shank-ish in their fantastic drollery. But decidedly cleverest engraving in the volume is that wherein tt Noven l : her " is repre sente d b y a " J o i nt Stock Suicide Club. " we see a small knot of Inconsolables seated round a table, on which, by way of ornament, is placed a coffin with skull and cross-b ones on th e t op o f i t ; daggers, razors, bottle' of gin, opium, and prussic acid are placed before each P e r: son ; and the room is embellished with two remarkably lively prints —one representing a man hanging, and the other, a man drowning. As for the Club, never did hue' eyes behold such a set of woe-begone visages as they ef‘ . hibit ! The skull has the jolliest phiz of thou 8 , The various prose and poetic sketches attached to t h 7 f ,. prints are w r itt en , many o f t h em, with considerable vivan',,, Indeed, we d o no t k now w h en we have seen a more la th' ing little work. I I